Absolutely beautiful…but of course you made them. Best butter tarts that I have ever tasted are from a little bakery in Huntsville called Ingoldsby’s. They freeze great and last a long time in the freezer. I am sure that they would go great with Apple Cheer Cider. Will definitely try it and let you know.

Oh my goodness! Those houses are just gorgeous! I wouldn’t have made it through ONE house, let alone twenty. Ironically, my husband just came home with 1½ liter bottle of Bombay Sapphire for soloing out one of his students…so that drink will be on my Thanksgiving table tomorrow for sure Ü

OMG Did you make these?????? they are most amazing. My kids would demolish the houses and I could take care of the gin! Well done Marian. These would make a great house warming present…… How big were they, just out of interest? and would you think of a tutorial in the future.
P.S. Merry Christmas.

oh my, you made 20 of them!! not only do you have a ton of talent, you are also gifted with patience! they are so beautiful! the gin apple cider sounds yummy, i have only tried brandy and cointreau apple cider before, it was very tasty. 🙂

WOW! Those are awesome! I’m a fan of the Bombay Sapphire gin and that has to be the cutest thing I’ve EVER seen. Who did they give the houses to and did you have to build the houses around the drink ingredients??

Laura C, I only know one place for sure; the Toronto Star (newspaper), and two went accross Canada – one to Calgary and one to British Columbia somewhere. Other than that I think Bombay gave them to major venues around Toronto which serve their gin.

Yes, I figured out how big the house would have to be to fit the ingredients and planned it around that.

My husband had the bright idea of nailing small square dowels to the board, just on the inside of each wall, so that in case the apple juice, for example, rolled a bit during transportation, it would hi the dowel, not the gingerbread wall.

Hi Natasha,
The wood door is just scored gingerbread. When the dough is unbaked, use a knife to score the door lines in. Make them fairly deep so they show up when baked, but not deep enough to cut all the way through.
The icicles are just thicker royal icing piped with a #2 piping tip. Let the icing adhere to the house, put pressure on the piping bag and pipe a line of icing downwards… let go of the pressure and pull away. Repeat. 🙂

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